A popular misconception accepted by a group of misinformed people; usually based on
something real, and supported by claims that seem to lend it credibility by
association but, which is itself false. A problem created by assumption rather than fact checking. Perpetuated by passing that false
information to others.
Hey, that FB article you told me about reading, the one about
scientists from MIT
creating a pig that could fly, that was misconfusication yo! You left out the part about them
strapping it to a rocket!